Metro AAA

Welcome to the Metro Area Agency on Aging website. Our Agency was designated by the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services to provide necessary support and training to the county aging program service providers in the Southwestern region of West Virginia. This region of the State is known as "Region II", and is made up of the following eleven counties:

Metro Area Agency on Aging is sponsored by West Virginia State University at Institute, WV. It operates under the guidance of the Metro AAA Board of Directors that includes representatives from each of the eleven counties. Our Area Plan includes the action steps of Metro AAA.We invite you to log on to our counties in Region II and find the services available for senior citizens in each county. You will also be able to find who represents your county to our Board, Advisory Council, Silver Haired Legislators, and Health Benefits Counselors. In addition, we have tried to provide you with links to other services that affect and aid senior citizens.

Aging & Disability Resource Center

Empowering Informed Choices

Enabling Ease of Access to Support Programs and Benefits

Providing information, support, education and counseling on long term support options regardless of income.

ADRC Overview

The West Virginia Aging and Disability Resource Center will serve as a highly visible, trusted and valued place where people of all incomes can turn for information on the full range of long-term support options based upon individual choice and will serve as a point of entry to access support programs and benefits.The ADRN will:

Empower individuals and families to make informed decisions

Streamline access to a wide array of services offered through public and private resources

Serve individuals, professionals and the community as a visible, highly valued, trusted resource for information and counseling concerning your options.

Bringing Purpose & Meaning to Life

The West Virginia Aging and Disability Resource Center can assist with the availability of the following services that will bring purpose and meaning into each day of life.

Behavioral Support

Community Services

Counseling Services

Employment Assistance

Family Activities

Family Caregiver Support

Future Planning

Housing

Independent Living Skills Training

Nutrition

Respite Care

Support Groups

Transitional Planning

Transportation

Vocational Training

Volunteer Opportunities

Options Allowing You to Remain at Home

The West Virginia Aging and Disability Resource Center will assist in discovering the availability of the following services that will allow individuals to remain at home.

Community Support Services

Day Activity Health Services

Employment

Future Planning

Home Health Care

Housekeeping

Independent Living Skills Training

Meals on Wheels

Medical Alert Systems

Minor Home Modifications

Personal Care

Private Day Services

Relocation and Transitional Services

Respite Care

Service Coordination

Specialized Therapies

Transition & Diversion Services

Transportation

Take Ownership of Your Future

The West Virginia Aging and Disability Resource Network can recommend services that will allow individuals to take ownership of their future:

Advance Directives

Community Resources

Durable Power of Attorney

Employment & Volunteer Opportunities

Financial Planning

Future Planning

Guardianship

Living Will

Long-Term Care Insurance

Medical Power of Attorney

Residential Living Facilities

Reverse Mortgages

State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)

For more information, you can contact the West Virginia Aging and Disability Resource Network by calling our toll-free number at 1-866-981-2372 or by visiting www.wvnavigate.org.

Metro AAA

The West Virginia Bureau of Services designated Metro Area Agency on Aging (Metro AAA) to provide necessary supports to county aging program service providers in the Southwestern region of West Virginia. This region is known as Region II. With the sponsorship of West Virginia State University, Metro AAA provides several support and services such as:

Advocating on behalf of persons 60 years of age and older.

Identifying the needs of the elderly and creating plans for meeting their needs through a system of in-home and community services.

Administering federal, state, local, and private funds to support the services.

Senior centers throughout the eleven county areas offer a variety of services including: congregate and home delivered meals, senior cneter programs, Adult day care, employment services, volunteer opportunities, Medicare counseling, transportation services, and additional services to the homebound elderly to help them stay in their own homes.

The West Virginia Silver Haired Legislature is a model legislature, composed of 134 representatives, all 60 years of age or older, who are elected from throughout the state by their peers. The Silver Haired Legislature (SHL) is patterned after the West Virginia Legislature and follows, to the extent possible, the rules that govern its proceedings.

The purpose of the Silver Haired Legislature is: a) To provide an opportunity for older West Virginians to reinforce their knowledge of the legislative process; and b) To identify common problems, not only of senior citizens, but all West Virginians, and to propose realistic, feasible solutions to those problems in the form position papers and resolutions.

The West Virginia Silver Haired Legislature is supported by involvement of the clerks' office of the West Virginia State Senate and House of Delegates by authorizations of a concurrent resolution of the West Virginia Legislature, thus ensuring that the session is conducted as closely as possible to that of the regular Legislature.

Beginning with the 2000-2001 Silver Haired Legislature session, the focus of the SHL was broadened by incorporating the interim process practiced by the West Virginia Legislature. The first year of the two-year Silver Haired Legislature is known as the Interim Session. During the Interim Session there is a concentration on training in the legislative process, parliamentary procedure, information gathering, expert testimony, development of position, paper topics, and officer election and training. The second year of the two-year session is known as the Regular Session. During the Regular Session the position papers and resolutions that have been developed over the intervening year at the Regional caucuses will be introduced, studied, debated, and acted upon.

The Silver Haired Legislature is organized and coordinated by the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services. Regional coordination is provided by the states four area agencies on aging. Each area agency designates a regional coordinator who is the key person for all Silver Haired activities in the region. The rules of the Silver Haired Legislature are developed by the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services and adopted by the Joint Rules Committee, composed of the officers and committee chairpersons elected by the membership of the Silver Haired Legislature.

State Health Insurance Information Program

What is SHIP?
West Virginia SHIP is part of a national network of state health insurance assistance programs. It is also part of the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services and receives financial assistance from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

What is the purpose of SHIP?
The purpose of SHIP is to service Medicare beneficiaries, who prefer or need information, counseling, and enrollment assistance beyond what beneficiaries are able to receive on their own through the other CMS information channels, including 1-800-MEDICARE and www.medicare.gov.

How can SHIP help you?
When you contact the SHIP office, we will link you with a local SHIP counselor, who can meet with you and help you with:

Medicaid Eligibility, Benefits and Claim filing

Medicare Part D (Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage)

Long Term Care Insurance information

Medicare Secondary Payer

Other types of Health Insurance Benefits

Medigap Insurance

Medicare Advantage Plan options and Enrollment

Medicare Cost Sharing Programs and other Dual Eligible Enrollment

Medicare/Medicaid Fraud, Waste and Abuse

Would you like help paying for your prescription drugs or your Medicare premiums?
If your monthly income is below $1,518 for an individual or $2,058 for a married couple, and your assets are less than $14,100 for an individual or $28,150 for a married couple, you may qualify for extra assistance.

WV SHIP is an unbiased source of information for you; we do not sell insurance.

To locate a SHIP counselor in your area, go to www.wvship.org or call our toll-free number at 1-866-981-2372.

The Take Me Home, West Virginia: Money Follows the Person initiative provides additional support and services to eligible Medicaid members moving from long-term care facilities back to their own homes. Individuals in long-term care facilities face a number of challenges in returning to their homes. These challenges include lack of money for rental and utility deposits, basic household items, limited community support and limited assistance in transition plan development. The Take Me Home, West Virginia Program helps individuals and their support systems through these challenges.

Referrals to the Take Me Home West Virginia Program can be made by calling the statewide Aging & Disability Resource Network (ADRN) toll-free number at 1-866-981-2372.